Students will visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and a Torah is being mailed every Jewish family in the state.
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Learning to live with identity politics in the age of Trump
A lesson from philosopher Charles Taylor: the key feature of modern times is pluralism.
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At Trump swearing-in, Cardinal Dolan prays for wisdom
Moments before Donald J. Trump took the oath of office, becoming the 45th president of the United States, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York read a brief passage from the Book of Wisdom. “Give us wisdom, for we are your servants, weak and short lived, lacking in comprehension of judgement and of laws,” the […]
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What Catholics are praying for on Inauguration Day
“We talk about peace around the world, but we need peace here.”
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Who Counts as a “Real Woman” at the Women’s March on Washington?
To feminists of a certain cloth, the pro-life mentality is not an opposing view. It is an intrinsic evil, in all circumstances inexcusable, even abhorrent.
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The U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest point since Roe v. Wade
The percentage of pregnancies ending in abortion is down to 18.8 percent, a decline of nearly two-fifths below is 1983 peak of 30.3 percent.
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Northern Ireland’s unity government is falling apart and an election is coming soon
The main Irish Catholic party is demanding an early election.
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Barack Obama’s first inauguration revisited
The truth or foolishness of Obama’s hopeful vision of our country rests in the choices we will make.
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Catholics Enjoy Peak Clout in Congress in 2017
This week Matt Malone, SJ., and Kerry Weber chatted to Robert David Sullivan about the role of Catholics in Congress across party lines. This topic is particualrly timely given that almost one third of Congress’ membership is Catholic in 2017.
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What a candid interview with Donald Trump means for US-British relations
Interfering with another nation’s politics having evidently become a thing, Donald Trump told his interviewer that Britain is “smart” for getting out of the European Union.